Collar-tipper.



W. BARTHOLOMEW.

Patented Nov. 17', 1308.v

2SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W. BARTHOLOMEW.

UOLLAR TIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1907.

2 SHEETS SHI-JBT 2,.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS SIGNOR TO TROY LAUNDRYMACHINERY COMPANY, LIMITED, OF

OHIOAGOQILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

OLLAR-TIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.,

' application filed June 19, 1907. Serial No. 379,739.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLlAM BARTHOL- oMEw, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of have inventedcertain Improvements in Collar which the following is a specification,referaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a collar tipper, and particularly to a machinefor simultaneously bending the opposite tips of a collar.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel construction andarrangement of the collar supporting shoe and the steam chest intocontact with which the collar to be tipped is carried.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel andimprovedconstruction of operating means for the shoe by which a pluralitythereof may be used and one automatically lowered as the other is raisedthus enabling an operator to control two tipping devices.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by theappended claims.

In the drawings :F igure is a front elethereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan;Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the supporting shoe; Fig. 5 is asideelevation thereof with a collar applied; Fig. 6 is a top plan thereof;.Fig. 7 is a top plan of the steam chest with parts 1n section on theline 77, Fig. 8; Fig. 8 is a front elevation of this chest with parts insection on the line 88, Fig. 7, and Fig. 9 is a' vertical section on theline 99, Fig. 8.

Like numerals refer to like parts in the several views of the drawings.

In the "drawings, the numeral 1 designates a standard which maybe ofanydesired character or configuration and provided with the supportingbase 2. At the upper end of *chest 3 isattached thereto and may extendof the standard as ma 7 standard is provided at with a. steam chamber 4inlet pipe 5 at its upper portion and drain pipe 6 at its lower portion,both of these being s'uitably valved for controlling the same. The inlet5 communicates with the be desired. This its upper portion thereinhaving the to one or both sides I contact with the with a valve at'8 andcommunicates at 9 with the steam chest .3 from which a drain connection10 extends at the bottom thereof. The steam chamber in the standard ispropurpose of supplying dry acter which is provided with the controllingvalve 12 so that thetips of the collars may be moistened prior to thepressing operation.

The pressing operation is effected by a supporting shoe 13 which isbrought into I steam chest 3. This surface 14 is formed of roper shapeto opposite ti s by the shiie mounted upon tracks or ways 15 carried bythe laterally extending brackets 16 which are carried by the upper endof the supporting rods 17 of the shoes and held against rotation thereonby pin 18 extending through an eye 19 in the bearing sleeve or collar 20carried by the standard. The shoe is prosimultaneously bend the of thecollar when supported tion embracing the way 15. The rod 17 is guided bycollar 20 from the standard and also by the collar 22 thereon. Belowthis bearing collar,

and the toggle link 26 extending,from said vided with a slide block 21at its lower porpressing surface let ofthe 13),. The shoes are slidablya toggle 23 is provided com- I prising the angle'arm 24 of thetreadle 25vation of the machine; Fig. 2 is a side view angle arm and pivoted at 27to the lower end of the rod 17. This link is provided with a cushioningspring 28 which contacts with a bearing on the stem 29 at one end of thelink and is secured to the pivoted coupling 30 at the opposite end whichis recessedto receive stem 29 so as to permit a cushioning compressionof the spring as the shoe is forced into the steam chest thus holdlngthe collar under tension during the pressmg action. The return movementof these parts is also cushioned by' spring 31 resting upon the collar22 of the standard and adapted to r be engaged by the set collar 32carried by the standard and compressed in its downward movement so thatno shock is given in the fall of the shoe by gravity when the toggleconnection is broken. a

I have illustrated in this case two tipping devices carried by the samestandard, and they are substantially identical in construction andadapted for alternate operation, one thereof being automatically loweredas the other is raised into pressln relatlon. This is accomplished bymeans 0 the lever 33 pivotally mounted in the lug 34 in the standard,and provided at opposite ends with the heads 35 adapted to engage thecontact faces 36of the angle arms 24 of the toggle lever. It will thusbe seen that when the treadle is thrown downward to lift one of thetippers this contact face engages the .head of the lever 33 oscillatingit so that its head at the opposite end engages the contact face on thetoggle at that end to break joint therein and automatically lower the 7shoe from the steam chest;

' V-shaped ton 'ue 38 which also tapers long1- I therein into which thetabs of the collar may enter when the same is applied to the shoe.-

When a plurality of steam chests 3- are used they may be connectedtogether by a passage 37 with which inlet and outlet connections 9 and10 communicate, and the in- ,cline walls 14 of the pressing surfaces of"the c est are merged into an intermediate tudinally and is adapted tofit between the separated faces 39 of the shoe 13, these faces bemgdisposed diagonally to each other. These faces may, upon'their outersurface with a rubber covering 40 to prevent injury to the finishedsurface of the collar, and also with a cloth outer covering 41', asshown inFigs. 1 and 5, so

that the inner surface of the, tip' is notbrought into contact with themetal of the shoe. The faces 39 are supported by a U- shapedframe of theshoe 13 which isrclosed at one end by the plate 42 having a slot 43Theshoe is also rovided with an operating handle 44 by WlllCh it may beconveniently slid upon-the way 15. s

are pressed. this contact In e operation of the invention, the collarto'be tipped may be first moistened at the steam nozzle provided forthat purpose, and

then the body of thecollar .is disposed be "tween the faces of thesupporting shoe, as

'shownin Fig. 6, with the tlps resting upon thesev faces as in Fig. 5,when the treadle at that. side of the machine is thrown' downoppositetipper shoe so that the lever connec- .t1ontipper toggle permittingittofall by grav breaks joint with the first mentioned 7 ity-so thatthecollar may be readily removed shoe for supporting the collars theopposite.

therefrom. A machine is thusproduced in which one operator can attendthe two tipdevices thus largely increasing the capaclty. thereof, and bymeans of the rigid surfaces are always retained in the same relation toeach other and a uniform angle of if desired, be provided bend thussecured upon the tips. This shoe is also slidably supported for removallaterally of its actuating rod so as to be brought into convenientposition for the insertion of the collar by the operator. The collar canthus be handled by means of the tabs and thereof in handling avoided.

of machine provisionis made both for the moistening and pressing thetips so that this operation-can be performed by the same operator andimmediately in succession with each other.

By a proper construction of the pressing members this invention may beused for pressing other articles than collars.

Having described my invention and set forth its" merits, what I claimand desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a collar tipper, a steamchest, a collar support having spaced relatively fixed downwardlyinclined collar ti supports and tip fold line supporting sur acesdiverging from each other, and -means for bringing said support andchest into contact.

2. In a collar tipper, a steam chest, opposite tip supporting membershaving tip fold line supports in fixed relation to and diverg ing fromeach other, andmeaus for moving one of said parts toward the other.

3. Ina collar tipper, a steam chest, opposite tip supporting membershaving tip fold line supports in fixed relation to and diverging fromeach other, means for moving one of said parts toward theother, andmeans for shifting said support laterally of its movement toward saidchest.

site tip supporting members having tip fold line supports infixedrelation to and diverging from each other, means for moving one of saidparts toward the other, means for shifting said support laterally of itsmovement toward said chest, and a tongue carried by said chest to extendbetween the diverging walls of said: fold line supports. 5. In a collartipper, a steam chest having oppositely inclined pressing walls and anintermediate tongue with diverging walls, a collar tip support havingspaced oppositely inclined tip fold line supports 'vergi-ng from eachother to receive said tongue intermediate thereof, and means for movingone of said parts relatively to the other.

6. In a collar tipper, a collar tip support having inclined pressingfaces and tip line fold supports spaced from each other to support theseparated ends of a collar, a steam chest having oppositely in'olmedpressing structed to traverse the space between-saidsupports, and

parts relative to the other.

7. In a collar tipper, a collar tip support It will be seen that withthis construction any danger of injury to the ironed surface 4. Inacollar tipper, a steam chest, oppowalls and an intermediate tongueconmeans for moving one of said having inclined pressing faces and tipline fold supports spaced from each other to support the separated endsof a collar, a steam chest having oppositely inclined pressing walls andan intermediate tongue constructed to traverse the space between saidsupports, means for moving one of said parts relative to the other, anda cushioning surface upon the pressing faces beneath the fold linesupport.

8. In a collar tipper, a collar tip support having inclined pressingfaces and tip line fold supports spaced from each other to support theseparated ends of a collar, a steam chest having oppositely inclinedpressing walls and an intermediate tongue constructed to traverse thespace between said supports, means for moving one of said parts relativeto the other, a fabric covering upon the face of said support, and acushioning surface inset upon said pressing faces beneath the fold linesupport and said covering.

9. In a collar tipper, a steam chest having oppositely inclined wallsand an intermediate V-shaped tongue tapered longitudinally,a supportcomprisingseparated inclined surfaces disposed diagonally to each otherin alinement with the'walls of said tongue, and means for moving one ofsaid parts relatively t0 the other.

10. In a collar tipper, a steam chest having oppositely inclined wallsand an intermediate V-shaped tongue tapered longitudinally, a supportcomprising separated inclined surfaces disposed diagonally to each otherin alinement with the walls of .said tongue, and means for moving one ofsaid parts into and out of alinement with the other.

11. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a fixed steam chest at theupperend thereof, a bearing sleeve carried by said standard, areciprocating rod mounted in said sleeve, anarticle support carried bythe upper end of said rod, a treadle mounted upon the base of saidstandard and having an angle arm, a link between said treadle arm androd comprising a pivoted member having a stem provided with a bearingfor a spring and a cooperating pivoted member carrying a springsurrounding said stem and engaging said bearing thereon, a -collarcarried by said rod, and a spring disposed between said collar and theupper surface of said bearing sleeve.

12. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a fixed steam chest at theupper end thereof, bearing sleeves carried by said standard, areciprocating rod mounted in said sleeves, an article support carried bythe upper end of said rod, a treadle mounted upon the base of saidstandard, an intermediate link between said treadle and rod providedwith a cushioning device to hold the support in extending way carried bythe upper end of' said rod, means upon the collar travel upon said way,an eye carried by one of said bearings, and a pin extending from saidway through said eye.

. 13. In a pressing apparatus, a plurality of steam chests, a pluralityof article supports, means for moving one of, each of said parts towardthe other, and shifting means disposed to engage said moving means intheir travel to automatically lower one support as another is raised.

14. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a plurality of steam chestssupported thereby, a plurality of article supports adapted to traveltoward and from said steam chests, treadle levers and connections foractuating said supports, and a shifting lever adapted to alternatelyengage said treadle lever connections in the movement. of an adjacentone thereof.

15. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a plurality of steam chestscarried thereby, article supports mounted for travel toward and fromsaid steam chests, rods for actuating said supports, treadles having atog 1e connection with said rods, and a laterally disposed shiftinglever disposed in alinesupport to .ment with the ]01I1t of said togglesto be actuated thereby raised.

16. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a plurality of steam chestscarried thereby, article supports mounted for travel toward and fromsaid steam chests, rods for actuating said supports, treadles having atoggle connection with said rods, a shifting lever pivoted upon thestandard and prm vided at opposite ends with heads, and contact platescarried by said treadle levers to engage and move the shifting lever inthe travel of the treadles.

17. In a pressing apparatus, a standard having a head provlded with alateral steam passage, supply and drain connections from said passage, asteam chest at the outer end of said passage having a portion of its bottom inclined'toward said passage and communicating therewith andoppositely inclined pressing faces with an intermediate tongue upon theunder surface of said chest the sides of which converge longitudinally,and an article support cooperating with said faces-and tongue.

18. In a collar tipper, a standard, a hollow steam chest secured to theupper portion thereof and extending at opposlte sides, inlet and drainconnections with said ,chest, oppositely inclined pressing surfacescarried by the inner face of said chest, and collar tip supportingmembers inclined to coas one of the supports is ing fold line supports.

19. In acollar ti per, a collar snpportl comprising anopen ame having atits upper end inclined pressing faces, and divergingfoldline supportsrelatively fixed and separated'from each other. 1

20. In a collar tipper, a collar support comprising a U-shaped framehaving at its upper end inclined pressing faces, diverging fold linesupports relatively fixed and separated from each other, and a wall atone end of said support having a downwardly extending slotfrom the upperedge thereof.

21. In a collar tipper, a collar support comprising a U-shaped framehaving at its upper end inclined pressing faces, diverging fold linesupports relatively fixed-and separated from each other, a wall at oneend of said support having a downwardly extending slot from the upperedge thereof, a slide carriage upon the lower portion of said support,and an operating handle disposed intermediate of the support andcarriage.

22. In a pressing apparatus, pressing members, a plurality of articlesupports, a plurality of means for moving said supports relative to saidpressing members, and an i independent 'device extending froin-one ofsaid moving means into the (pathof the other and adapted to :beactuat eby; ones'of said 1 means for operating another. of said means g inalternation therewith. 1' a i '23.'In a collarptipper, apressingvmember, 2 a support in member having tip pressing surfaces, an divergingtipgfold line @8111- faces spaced from and in fixed relation to E eachother to permit the introduction of a collar body between said surfaces.

24. In a collar tipper, a support having I tip supporting surfaces,diverging tip fold line supporting surfaces spaced from and in fixedrelation to each other, a pressing memher having side walls to engagesaid tip sur- 1 faces, and an intermediate diverging tongue 5 havingside walls parallel to the walls of the fold line supporting surfacesand adapted to enter between the same.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM BARTHOLOLIEYV.

Witnesses:

C. I. BELKNAP,

1 H. C. Imrrnn.

